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Dinuclear Design of a Pt(II) Complex Affording Highly Efficient Red Emission: Photophysical Properties and Application in Solution-Processible OLEDs

Shafikov, Marsel Z.; Daniels, Ruth; Pander, Piotr; Dias, Fernando B.; Williams, J.A. Gareth; Kozhevnikov, Valery N.

Dinuclear Design of a Pt(II) Complex Affording Highly Efficient Red Emission: Photophysical Properties and Application in Solution-Processible OLEDs Thumbnail


Authors

Marsel Z. Shafikov

Ruth Daniels

Piotr Pander

Valery N. Kozhevnikov



Abstract

The light-emitting efficiency of luminescent materials is invariably compromised on moving to the red and near-infrared regions of the spectrum due to the transfer of electronic excited-state energy into vibrations. We describe how this undesirable “energy gap law” can be sidestepped for phosphorescent organometallic emitters through the design of a molecular emitter that incorporates two platinum(II) centers. The dinuclear cyclometallated complex of a substituted 4,6-bis(2-thienyl)pyrimidine emits very brightly in the red region of the spectrum (λmax = 610 nm, Φ = 0.85 in deoxygenated CH2Cl2 at 300 K). The lowest-energy absorption band is extraordinarily intense for a cyclometallated metal complex: at λ = 500 nm, ε = 53 800 M–1 cm–1. The very high efficiency of emission achieved can be traced to an unusually high rate constant for the T1 → S0 phosphorescence process, allowing it to compete effectively with nonradiative vibrational decay. The high radiative rate constant correlates with an unusually large zero-field splitting of the triplet state, which is estimated to be 40 cm–1 by means of variable-temperature time-resolved spectroscopy over the range 1.7 < T < 120 K. The compound has been successfully tested as a red phosphor in an organic light-emitting diode prepared by solution processing. The results highlight a potentially attractive way to develop highly efficient red and NIR-emitting devices through the use of multinuclear complexes.

Citation

Shafikov, M. Z., Daniels, R., Pander, P., Dias, F. B., Williams, J. G., & Kozhevnikov, V. N. (2019). Dinuclear Design of a Pt(II) Complex Affording Highly Efficient Red Emission: Photophysical Properties and Application in Solution-Processible OLEDs. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(8), 8182-8193. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b18928

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 28, 2019
Online Publication Date Feb 12, 2019
Publication Date Feb 27, 2019
Deposit Date Feb 13, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Print ISSN 1944-8244
Electronic ISSN 1944-8252
Publisher American Chemical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 8
Pages 8182-8193
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b18928

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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS applied materials & interfaces copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b18928





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